Casey Stoner will be back in the saddle at the end of October to do tyre testing for Honda.

The test days will be the first time this year Casey has been back on a MotoGP bike and he is expected to spend two days evaluating both Bridgestone and Michelin tyres for Honda at the Motegi circuit in Japan on October 29th and 30th.

The tyre test will mark CaseyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s first laps on a Honda MotoGP bike since testing at Sugo this time last year.

With regard to the future – when asked by Motorcycle News Magazine, HRC boss Livio Suppo said that although Casey would complete the tyre tests, there had been no talks about anything beyond that.